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Two IKEA bar areas – each with distinct design motivations

IKEA cabinets + Semihandmade doors + Summit wine coolers were all they had in common A home bar should be an inviting area to kick back with a drink after a hard day at work or entertain friends. You want to nail that elusive, artful blend of cozy and glam. And, surprise! Budget-friendly IKEA cabinets are the key to this upscale look. With lots of customizable options, whether you want a masculine-motif bar or a midcentury-modern-inspired bar, it’s totally possible. And the good news is that this type of project doesn’t cost as much as you think, leaving you with more cash to stock the bar. Two recent bar projects—both spanning [...]

Wine is a key theme for these tipplers and their IKEA home bar designs

Less boozy bars open up their designs in favor of wine coolers and floating shelves.When we talk about IKEA bar designs, our customers have particular taste.This holds true for their design — and their wine. Looking at three recent projects, you’ll see a clear preference for both.IKD designer Javier explains: “When a customer requests a wine cooler (or two) for their home bar, that’s a pretty good giveaway. Bar sinks are much smaller lately, which means they likely don’t have margarita gear to wash up!”Another hint would be lots of floating shelves to place tall wine glasses. Our team incorporated these elements recently into three Home Bars measuring between 8' to 12' [...]

Customer Makes a Splash With New IKEA Wet Bar

Even the Toughest Challenges Can Be Overcome With the Right Design Collaboration When Nastia’s San Francisco, CA, home was flooded, it gave her a perfect opportunity to make a big splash with her remodel project and create an IKEA wet bar with help from our kitchen designers. “Our house got flooded and the piece of furniture we had in that space got ruined. The whole area was empty and had to be remodeled. I wanted something beyond just simple cabinets and I wanted some cool ideas.” So with a budget of $2,500 she began searching examples of wet bar designs on IKD’s Pinterest and reading blogs about IKEA (and its favorable [...]

Caffeination Station: Creating a Coffee Bar With IKEA Cabinets

Building a Coffee Bar With IKEA Cabinets - Yes, It’s Possible If you’re wondering about adding a bar or coffee station into your IKEA kitchen: Yes, you can design these areas with IKEA cabinets. In fact, if you like to have your friends around and have extra space, a bar or coffee station are both great ways to add fun and function to your home. They also work well when combining IKEA cabinetry and IKEA SEKTION cabinetry framework. This modern kitchen shows the basics: space for smaller appliances, open shelving for your liquor bottles and a sink. It definitely gives the room a “cool vibe,” plus we added a seating area; a [...]

A minimalist home bar for a contemporary home

Complete your modern kitchen with these designer tips for an IKEA home bar From a party at home that simply rocks, to not having to worry about driving back home, a minimalist home bar offers plenty of advantages that go way beyond the aesthetics of it. While some may be intimidated when picking out furniture and accessories, creating a minimalist home bar that is as attractive as it is functional is relatively easy. Our option done with IKEA cabinets fits in any kitchen, the overall cabinet budget is $4,648. In order to plan a home bar, you need to consider all the things that can be included at this area: Storage [...]

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Why you need to know your Style before you Embark on an IKEA Kitchen Renovation

Choosing the Right IKEA Kitchen Design: Navigating Traditional, Modern, and Farmhouse Styles If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably read an article (or a thousand) in your life about “defining your style” (French girl chic, anyone?). It’s one thing to miss the mark when you’re shopping for clothing or smaller decorative items for your home, but you want to be confident in your design decisions with a big investment like an IKEA kitchen renovation. Most people take on a full kitchen renovation about every 10-15 years because of a variety of factors, including cost and the (many) logistics of pulling it off. SO – if the thought of staring at cabinetry [...]

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Seamlessly Blend Upscale Elements into Your IKEA Kitchen Design

How does IKD take IKEA cabinets and transform them into high-end kitchens? Let us count the ways. IKEA’s marketing department targets middle-class consumers between the ages of 20 and 34. Most of this demographic will have a career, maybe a young family, and want (and deserve) a nice home. IKEA provides a nice kitchen straight out of the box; just take one of their showrooms, copy, and paste. We work with IKEA customers who want more than nice. Our customers want elements of that IKEA showroom kitchen with a more personalized touch; they need help working around an architectural anomaly like a kitchen chimney or soffit; or they aren’t sure how [...]

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3 IKEA Kitchen Designs that Solve Real Accessibility Problems

No one gets left out when IKD creates an IKEA Kitchen Design. IKEA makes affordable kitchen products for the masses. With our IKEA knowledge and design skills, we transform those mass-produced products into custom kitchens. Often, homeowners come to us because they want a unique touch during their kitchen redesign. Sometimes, however, a homeowner needs a unique design solution. Because we are professional designers, we understand what it takes to design for aging in place, ADA specifications, and even children. Keep reading to discover three ways we’ve made it easier for customers to navigate their kitchen. How IKD Designs Accessible IKEA Kitchens 1. IKEA Kitchen Designs for Aging in [...]

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IKEA and Semihandmade: A Match Made in Kitchen Design Heaven

Looking to add custom flair to your IKEA kitchen design? Semihandmade has flair to spare. In this article: IKEA fronts vs. Semihandmade custom fronts Five reasons our design coordinator prefers designing with Semihandmade How Semihandmade can benefit your IKEA kitchen design Our kitchen design customers want more from their IKEA kitchen designs. After all, if they were happy with grabbing the same ready-made kitchen off the shelf as everyone else, they wouldn’t seek a professional designer at all. IKD customers want custom designs but don’t want to pay an obscene amount for their kitchen renovation. We keep kitchen renovations affordable by designing with IKEA SEKTION cabinet combinations, and then we encourage [...]

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Creative IKEA Mudroom Ideas for Small and Unique Spaces

Maximizing Small Spaces for IKEA Mudroom Designs In this article: Combining spaces to create an IKEA mudroom Fitting IKEA mudrooms in small spaces Prioritizing a custom mudroom over other options Why hiring a professional IKEA mudroom designer matters Mudrooms come in all shapes and sizes, and while it would be nice to have a room or hallway dedicated to storing items and containing mess, that isn’t always realistic. By nature, designers are problem solvers – and lack of space is a problem IKD solves daily. As you’ll see, even if you only have a space measuring 5’ wide, we can create a custom mudroom design to make the most of it. [...]

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